Female solo
superhero movies have in general been pretty bad up to this point, with
Catwoman obviously being the worst. But then you look at the writing talent,
and worries start to crop up again, we have Zack Snyder, who I have had issue
with in the past, Allen Heinberg, if I’m not mistaken he wrote the awful Wonder
Woman run post Infinite Crisis (the one where she couldn’t pump gas) and Jason
Fuchs, who… co-wrote an ice age film. Notice how there are no women on the
writing team, either.
Of course,
Patty Jenkins is the one directing so at least there’s representation there,
but her experience is mostly in television. Does this hold the film back? Well
it certainly didn’t seem to, as the film made $821m on its $150m budget, more
than Man of Steel or Justice League and managed an impressive 93% Rotten
Tomatoes rating and an 88% audience rating. So what helped here? Let’s take a
look.
